Material-distributer.



J; GNTER & J. A. HAARDTw MATERIAL DISTRIBUTER. A PPLIOATION FILED AUG. 3, 1912.y

Patented B60111912.

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J. W. GUNTER & J. A. HAARDT. MATERIAL DISTRIBUTER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3, 1912.

1,047,796. Patented Dee. 1,7, 1912.

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TTURNEYS g UNITED] srArgnsMgAgENr OFFICE.

y JOHN W. GUNTER AND JOHN. A. HAARnT, or MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

' MATERIAL-DISTRIBUTER.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN WQGUNTER and JOHN A. HAARDT, citizensfof the United States, and residents of Montgomery, in the county of Montgomery and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVlaterial-Distributers, of which the following is a specification.'`

f Our invention is an improvement injmaterial distributers and has for its object, the

' provision of a simple inexpensive machine of the character specified, whereinmeans is provided for insuring a regular anduniform feed of the material, operateddirectly by the movement of thefmachine, and wherein the feed may be regulatedto suit conditions.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is aside view of the improved distributer; Fig. 2 is a planl view; Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the operating wheel and connected parts;

y vrFig4is a transverse vertical sectionof the container or box; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the feed controlling device; Fig. 6 vis an end view of the agitating device; Figs. 7 and 8 are sections on the'lines 7-7 and 8--8, re-

'y yspectively of Fig. 9;Fig. 9 is a transverse Fig. 10 is a perspectiveview ofthe covering horizontal sectionof the feed chute, Vand plate. Y I

The present embodiment vof the invention comprises a supporting frame,.composed of -a longitudinal bar orbeam 1, havingk at one handles 3. A

and at the other a V pair vof bracket arm is secured 'to the ,beam 1, intermediate the ends of the beam, and the said arm extends above and below the beam, and is provided withy an arcshaped frame, at its upper end. 1 The bracket is composed of a pair of plates 4 and ,5, arranged alongside eachother, and secured to the beam by bolts 6, and eachnplateis bent at a right angle rearwardly at its upper end, asshown at 7, and is .theny curved outwardly,

end a clevis 2 Las shown at 8, cO-aoting to form an arcshaped frame, for embracingthe box 9. The plate'4, below the beam is bent at a right angle, away from plate 5, as shownv at'10, and thence downwardly parallel with the y f plate 5, to form a pair y.of arms y11, which curve rearwardly, as showninf Figs. 1 and 3, and a shaft 12 is journaled inthe ends of thearms. An auxiliary U-shaped frame is connected with the shaft 12, the ends of the arms 13 of the frame being journaled onthe shaft, rbetweenvthe arms v11, and ,the body 14 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 3, 1912.' Serial No. v713,088.

Patented Dec. 17,1912.

of the frame is yprovided A secondshaft 16"is journaled in the arms with a bearingl. i i

13 ofy the frame l3-14, parallel with' shaftk 12, and awheel 17 is securedfto the shaft r16,

between yfthe arms 13. The wheel 17 isproV vided on its periphery with aplurality of transverse radial shoulders 18, and each shoulder has 4its base or inner edge connected to the `outer edge of the adjacent shoulder by an inclined surface "19. e f

A sprocket wheel 20 is secured to shaft'16,

outside the frame 134-14, and a similar wheel 21 is secured to shaft: 12, in alinement with 'wheel 20. A chain 22`connects ,wheels 20 and 2 1, and a sprocket wheel 23 is securedto vshaft 12 outside offwheel 21,*and is connected by .means ofV a chain 24, with 'A sprocketwheel25, ona shaft 2,6, journaled transversely ofv the box 9. The wheels 2021--23 and 25 are each held tothe shaft by a set screw27, which passes through the hub of the wheel and engages the shaft, to hold the wheel in place. The shaft 26 is enlarged intermediateits ends, asshownat 28,

and is 'provided Vwith a `plurality of series of;

radial bladesBO. Y n i The portions 8 of the bracket embrace the box 9,-and the ends' of shaft 26 `are journaledfin the arms, Fig.`4.y The saidportionsare also bolted tothe'box by ybolts 31,

radial vfingers 29, and a plurality of series of and the fertilizer box has a hopper bottom l 32, and an outlet chute 33, leadingV from the center of the rbotto-m. The wheel 17 runs on the ground, and the shank 34 of a plow 35 is held adjustably in'the bearingf15, by( means of a set screw 36.

The lfree end of the` auxiliary frame, wheel and plow may move downwardly,

swinging' on the y'shaft 12, but the upward movement is limited by means of stops, each stop being an angular lug 37 on the end of yj a plate 38, secured to the adjacent arm 11 of the bracket, by bolts 'orvrivets 39. The lugs V37 extend abovegthe arms 13 ofthe auxil-v iary frame, as shownin Figs. 1 and 3. f A valveor plate is mounted to swin on a bolt 40, arranged transversely of the c ute near its lower end, and the said valveis composed of two `portions 41 and 42 yarrangedat an angle to each other. The bolt or plate is arranged with the apex of the angle `formed by thetwo portions upward. The lower end of the chute is slightly be`v is held in place by a nut 43, and the valve ,Y

low the lower ends of the arms 11, and directly behind the said arms.

An arch bar 44 is secured at one end to the beam, behind the chute 33, and a plate 45 is secured to the lower end of the bar. The plate is provided at the center of its upper edge with a threaded stem 46, and the said stem passes through an opening in the lower end of the bar and is engaged by a nut 47, above the bar. The lower edge 48v of the plate is concave, and the said plate is transverse to the direction of motion of the machine. The bar 44 is secured to the beam by bolts 49, and the rear side of the chute is slotted to admit a cut off plate or valve 50. The chute is square in cross section, (Fig. 5) and the cut-off plate is arranged to swing in from one side of the chute. The plate is on one end of a lever 51 pivoted at 52, intermediate its ends, to a bracket arm 53, extending rearwardly from the chute, and having an arc-shaped slot 54. A bolt 55 is passed through an opening in the lever 51, and through the slot 54, and is engaged by a wing nut 56.` A fixed plate 57 is arranged in the bottom and the plate 50 moves toward and from the fixed plate to form an opening for the passage of the material. The size of the opening may be increased by swinging the cut-off plate outwardly, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5, and the plate may be held in adjusted position by means of a bolt 55 and a nut 56. The lever 51 is slotted at 58, and a bolt 59 on the plate 50 passes through the slot.

The blades 30 are arranged in two series, each series consisting of three blades, spaced apart at equal angular distances, and the series are on opposite sides of the center of the shaft. The fingers 29 are also in two series of three fingers each, and each series of fingers is on the outer side of a series of blades. The fingers are shorter than the blades, and the said finger and blades thoroughly stir up and agitate the material in the box.

The shoulders 18 of the wheel 17 facethe front of the machine, on the lower side of the wheel, and insure the rotation of the wheel, when the machine is drawn over the ground. The wheel 17 rotates shaft 26, and thus feeds the material. The auxiliary frame may move downward to insure the wheel 17 following the inequalities of the ground.

In operation, the cut-oft' is set to feed the requisite amount of fertilizer, and isheld in this position. The machine is drawn over the ground, the wheel 17 rotating the shaft 26, and causing the fertilizer to be fed through the chute. The plow 35 opens a furrow to receive the fertilizer, and the plate 45 covers the fertilizer in the furrow.

The device is particularly adapted for feeding growing plants, that is for inserting the fertilizer in the ground during the cultivation of the crops.

1. A machine of the character specified, comprising a supporting beam having draft apparatus at one end and handles at the other, a box supported on the beam and provided with a depending outlet chute, a bracket secured to the beam, the box being connected to the upper end of the bracket, a U-shaped auxiliary frame having a body extending in front of the bracket and provided with a vertical bearing and arms pivoted to the bracket, stops on the bracket for limiting the upward movement of the frame, a wheel journaled transversely of the auxiliary frame, a shaft journaled in the box parallel with the axis of the wheel, a driving co-nnec` tion between the wheel and the shaft, said shaft having radial agitating fingers and radial agitating blades, a plow having a shank in the bearing of the auxiliary frame, an arch bar secured to the beam behind the box, a covering plate arranged transversely of 90 the beam at the lower end of the arch bar, and means for controlling the feed of the material through the chute.

2. A machine of the character specified, comprising a supporting frame, an approximately vertical bracket secured to the frame intermediate the ends of the bracket, an auxiliary frame extending in front of the bracket and pivoted to the lower end thereof, a box supported by the bracket at its upper end and having a depending chute, a shaft journaled in the box and provided with agitating arms, a wheel j ournaled transversely of the auxiliary frame, a driving connection between the wheel and the shaft, a furrow 105 opener at the front of the auxiliary frame, a covering device supported by the main frame behind the chute, and means for controlling the feed of the material through the chute, said means comprising a cut off plate, 110 the chute having an opening in its wall for permitting the passage of the plate, a lever pivoted adjacent to the chute, the plate being connected to one end thereof, and means for holding the lever in adjusted position.

3. A machine of the character specified, comprising a support-ing frame, an approximately vertical bracket secured to the frame intermediate the ends of the bracket, an auxiliary frame extending in front of the 120 bracket and pivoted to the lower end thereof, a box supported by the bracket at its upper end and having a depending chute, a

shaft journaled in the box and provided with agitating arms, a wheel journaled ytransversely of the auxiliary frame, a drivmg connection between the wheel and the shaft, a furrow opener at the front of the auxiliary frame, a covering device supported by the main frame behind the chute, and

means for controlling the feed of the material throughthe chute. n

ll. A machine of the; character specified, comprising a supporting frame, an approximately vertical bracket secured to the frame intermediate the ends of the bracket, an auxiliary frame extending in front of the bracket and pivoted to the lower end therep of, a box supported by the bracket at its up? per end and having a depending chute, an agitating device in the box, a wheel journaled on the auxiliary frame on an axis transverse to the main frame, a driving connection between the wheel and the said denaled on the auxiliary frame on an axis transverse to the mainframe, a driving connection between the wheel and the said device, and means for controlling the feed through the chute.

6. A machine of the character specified,

comprising a supporting frame, an approxi? mately vertical bracket secured to the frame intermediate they ends of the bracket, an auxiliary frame extending in front of the bracket and pivoted to the lower end therey of, a box supported by the bracket at itsv `upa. c

per end'and having a depending chute, an

.agitating device in the box; a wheel kjoury naled on the auxiliary frame on an `axis transverse to the main frame, a driving connection between the wheel andthe said device, va spreading devicey at thel lower endof the chute, and means kfor controlling the feed throughk the chute.

7. In a device of the character specified, a

box having a feed chute, means for controlx ling the feed through kthe chute, and af spreader at the bottom ofthe chute, said spreader comprising a plate compo-sed of two portions arranged at an angle to each other, and a bolt in the chute to which the plateis pivoted, the angle between the portions of the plate increasing toward the free n end of the plate', andthe plate being arranged with the apex of the angle between the portions upward.

JOHN W. GNTER.

Witnesses:

T. H. GUNTER, WILLrroRD DUsxIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' y* Washington, D. C.

JOHN A. HAARDT-- 

